Ellen Swallow Richards Quotes
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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I'm a real romantic.
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On Quora, you're not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.
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My biggest complaint about drivers out in the country has tended to be that they're not in a great hurry to get where they're going. This is particularly true of old men wearing hats. If you get behind an old guy wearing a hat on a winding road, you might as well just phone ahead on your cell and tell your friends you're going to be late.
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If I am confirmed as secretary of labor, I intend to keep faith with the men and the women who still work at jobs like those my parents held.
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We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
